“Syme was not only dead, he was abolished, an unperson.”

Peter King — terror advocate

We’ve often noted here at the Unpersons how much we hate Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). In recent weeks, he has been seen advocating that the best way for the President to fight terrorism is by using the word “terrorism” more, as well as suggesting that we should not feel bad about threatening detainees with power drills and the murder of the detainees’ families.

As he told an IRA rally in 1982, “We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry.” Two years later Mr King’s “legitimate guerilla army” came close to assassinating Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Subsequently there were bombs in the City and Docklands, plus a mortar assault on 10 Downing Street amongst many, many other outrages.

In a case of better late than never, the New York Congressman says he split with the IRA in 2005.

2005?! Way to go, Rep. King!

This only goes further to point out that the “war on terror” is a stupid term, with little to no meaning. You can’t have a war on a tactic.